Note to Subscribers: The December 2008 issue was the last print edition of MuseLetter.

When MuseLetter started in January 1992, it was a one-person operation. I wrote and edited every word of text (with the exception of one short essay in one issue), did the layout/typesetting, stuffed envelopes, and maintained the mailing list. It was a small list, and there was only a print version (I barely had email at the time, and this was before the World Wide Web existed as anything more than a concept). I enjoyed complete freedom to write on any topic, and to express any opinion, led only by my Muse.

As the years went by, volunteers began to help with mailings. Then I added the option of e-mail subscriptions. By 2006, Post Carbon Institute was generously aiding me with a paid part-time assistant who handled most of the administrative aspects of publication. Also by this time, the subject matter dealt with in MuseLetter had become focused almost entirely on issues related to energy and the environment. As of this writing, four books on Peak Oil and related topics have emerged through monthly MuseLetters: The Party’s Over, Powerdown, The Oil Depletion Protocol, and Peak Everything.

This January 2008 I was offered, and happily accepted, a paid position with Post Carbon Institute as Senior Fellow. The mission of Post Carbon Institute is exactly congruent with the work I have been doing independently for the past five years, so the match could not be better. If you are not already acquainted with the organization, please explore the web site, www.postcarbon.org.

Post Carbon Books is now handling production and administration for MuseLetter, thus enabling me to focus more on writing and public speaking.

Because MuseLetter serves the educational and research purposes of Post Carbon Institute, we have decided to make e-mail subscriptions free from now on.

Please know that the kind notes of support and encouragement that often arrive with subscription renewals are read and appreciated, even if I am not able to get back to each writer personally. Thank you for being a MuseLetter subscriber!

Richard

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